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UNITED STATES VS. KNIGHT'S ADMINISTRATOR (1862)
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| UNITED STATES VS. KNIGHT'S ADMINISTRATOR |
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| Term: 1861 |
| Important Dates |
| Decided: March 17, 1862 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 6-1 |
| Majority |
| John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney |
| Dissenting |
| James Moore Wayne |
UNITED STATES VS. KNIGHT'S ADMINISTRATOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 17, 1862.
In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 66 U.S. 488
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Roger Brooke Taney
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.
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